Tobacco-box.



I. J. MARGUSE & B. SLGLARKE. Tumaco Box.

APPLICATION FILED DEO. 2, 1908.

Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

l UNITED smrns PATENT 1 OFFICE.

Isaac-J; MAneusE ANDnDWRe s. CLARK-E, vor RienMOND, 'vlneimla Assenons 'ro r'- AMERICAN een conm-Nros NEW Yoan, N.- Y., A CORPORATION or NEW-JERSEY.

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Too @kunt it conceml i' Be it known that we, .IsAAc-'lfMAnoUsn' and EDWARD S. CLA-RRE, citizens of the United States, residing in'Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tobacco-Boxes, of which the follow-` ing'` is aspecication. @ur invention relates to j improvements in sheet metal tobacco boxes.

The object of our invention is to providel a sheet metal tobacco box` of a` shape and construction suitable' for 4carrying the pocket', which may be readily opened and closed, =andv whichl at the same time may be opened will leave no exterior rough edges or projections interfering with the convenient use of the box as a pocket receptacle.

Our invention consists in the., means we employ to practically accomplish this object or result as herein shown and described. ln the accompanying drawing forming a Apart of this specication, Figure 1 is a slde elevation of a sheet metal hermetic closure pocket tobacco box embodying our invention. Fig,. 2 is a cross section von line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on line 3-3 of Fi 2. Fig. #l is a cross section showing the body and hermetic closure cover before 1t is double seamed. thereto. Fig. 5 is a detail kplan view of the 'body of the. box;

and Fig. 6 is a cross section showing the severaoleY soft metal hermetic' closure cover cut out and the box thus pen.

' 'lhe sheet' metal he tobacco box embodying our invention comrises a body 1 of long, narrow, shallow orm, preferably rectangular, and with rounded corners, and preferably of a drawn or seamless construction, and having an in,4

tegral bottom 2, and an externally projectin g lntegral seaming flange 3; in connection with an hermetlc closure cover LLof thin,

soft, readily severable sheet metal, such astaggers tin or a softmetal foil, and having a countersunk portion 5 fitting within the mouth of the bodyv 1 and an externally pro-y jecting seamin fiange 6 folded or curled into an externa ly vprojecting double seam 7 with the seaming flange Soif the body, thus j y Spcification o! Letters Patent.

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'etici closure pocket Patented April 27',` 1909.

producing an hermeticclosure; and asupplemental sliding cover 8 furnished with a lmarginal rim or flange 9 `adapted to 'fit over and embrace the externally projecting shoulder or rolled rim'on the body formed by the/double or otherfolded seam 7 which unites the hermetic closure cover with the body, the rim of said supplemental sliding cover being provided at 'two opposite edges y of the cover, preferably its sideedges, w1th inwardly curved guides orA flanges 10 which t under and engage the external seam or roll 7 on the body and slidably' connect the supplemental cover with the body. The rim 9 of the sliding cover 8 at one end thereof forms a sto to limit the inward sliding movement o the cover on the body, and at the opposite end of the cover the rim is adapted to snap over the rolled rim or shoulder of the bodyL and thus serve asa spring catch or lip to hold the sliding cover inits closed position. Y 1

As the thin soft` metal hermetic closure cover 4 is deeply countersunk, when it is cut out with a knife inlorder to Open the box,

jecting seaming iiange, a soft metal severable countersunk hermetic closure cover havv 'ing a seamlng'iange folded into an external seam with the seeming iange of the body, said external seam having opposite parallel portions to serve alsoA as guides for a sliding cover, and a sliding cover having a'depending marginal rim furnishedv at opposite edges with parallel guides engaging said ex'- ternal seam to slidably connect said cover with the body, substantially as specified.

2. An hermetic closure lsliding cover pocket tobacco box comprising 1a long, narrow, shallow having an externally projecting seamin iange, a soft metal sever- -able countersun hermetic closure cover having a seaming flange folded into an external seam with the seaming ange -of t'he body' said external seamphaving o posite paralle portions to serve also as gui es for a slidin cover, and a sliding cover having a depen ing mar inal rim furnished at opposite edges Wit parallel guides engaging sald external Vseam to slidably connect said cover with the body, the 'rim of the cover serving at one end as a stop to limit its sliding movement and at the o osite end -as a s rin catch to hold said's ding cover in its.

c ose position, substantially as specified. 3. -In a pocket tobacco box', the combination with a seamless body, of a soft metal severable cover, said body and cover having severable cover, said body and cover having an externally folded seam said external seam having opposite parallel portions to serve also as 'guides `for a sliding cover, and a sliding cover having a riin embracing the mouth end of the body and arallel guides engaging said seamfto slidab y connect said -cover and body, the rim 'of the cover at one end thereof serving as a spring lip to hold the cover yin `its closed position, substantially as specified.

5; The combination with a seamless body, of a countersunk severable cover fitting within said bod and united thereto by an external 'seam orining a marginal' externall projecting shoulder at the mouth end of the ody and a sliding cover having parallel ides at op osite ed es en 'no' saidseam gilslidably cldnnect thg'e covegia gilde body, substantially as cified. v 6. The com ination with a vessel body, oi a cover seamed thereto, said body havmg externally opposite si es thereof formed by the seam unlting said cover to said body, and a sliding supplemental cover having arallel guldes enga g said external shoul ers on the body, su stantially as s ecified, ISAAC J. CUSE.

roje'cting parallel shoulders on f EDWARD S; CLARKE., 

